4 Steps Guaranteed To Improve Response From Leaflets

If leaflets didn’t work then big companies like Virgin, Dominoes Pizza and BT wouldn’t do it. These big businesses will be getting a good return on their investment or they’d find another way to reach us.

Small businesses on the other hand do not have the resources of these big businesses but can successfully market themselves using leaflets and direct mail if they know how. All you need are the correct ingredients.

Here’s how you do it:

1. Send leaflets to the RIGHT PEOPLE

Be specific about who you’re sending the leaflets to so you can make the headline in your leaflet as specific as possible. As soon as you start being specific, writing good copy gets easier and your results will be better!

The aim of your leaflet is NOT to simply get as many printed as cheaply as possible so you can canvas far and wide like a huge company, in the hope you hit upon your target audience. As a small business your goal is to get more customers and with limited resources you MUST take a targeted approach.

This Approach Works Best for Small Businesses:

Print small batches with a headline that will speak to your target market’s needs

Use a message that speaks their language

Give a limited time special offer or discount

Encourage them to engage by requesting more information, so you can follow up

Give a bonus if they act quickly

Discover by TESTING which will be of most interest to your chosen target market.

2. Use Headlines That Are DRAMATIC

Results will be poor if you simply send out leaflets that are simply an oversize business card in style.

Modify these proven headline examples for your sector or industry:

Important: Only A Select Few Hounslow Residents Can Benefit From These Discounted Luxury Italian Fabric Kitchen Blinds

Women Over 50 Tell Us They Feel 10 Years Younger In Our Limited Edition Silk Woven Indian Summer Dresses!

3. Your leaflet must stand out and grab the reader’s ATTENTION

Boring won’t cut it these days. Fact is it probably never did cut it. Without a dramatic headline and without an attention grabbing appearance your leaflets will cost you money rather than make you money!

If you use boring stock library pictures in your leaflets, you’re results from the leaflets will be mediocre at best.

If for example you own a Spa and send out leaflets with a picture of a woman with warm pebbles up her back you’re not differentiating your business from your competitors! We’ve all seen these generic, commonly used and frankly boring pictures and they do not motivate anyone to do anything! They’re fine in a brochure… but do not belong on a sales piece. You’re better off showing a customer alongside their glowing testimonial.

Here’s how to improve the appearance and results from your leaflets:

Make your leaflets look unusual so recipients think… what the heck is this!

Make your leaflets look like an important announcement

Make an Urgent Notice so you’ll catch the recipients attention

Show dramatic ‘before an after’ pictures to clearly illustrate benefits

Look at what your competition sends out and do something different

Show pictures of customers alongside glowing testimonials

BE DRAMATIC. BE OUTRAGEOUS. HAVE FUN!

4. Include a call to ACTION

So you grabbed the reader’s attention, you’ve told them about your amazing gizmo so now you want to encourage them to make a decision quickly. You now need to clearly tell them what to do next.

Here’s how you do it. Include something like this on your leaflet:

Call to place an order or call a sales assistant TODAY

Watch our video demonstration online at

Request our brochure and price list to benefit from this season’s prices

Receive a bonus gift worth £XX while stocks last

Download our FREE Report online here

Call me today for more information or to discuss your questions

Request a no-sales-pressure appointment from one of our fully trained representatives

Book you free trial today

Any enquiry should be followed up in a friendly way and more than once. Some should trigger email auto-responders as well.

The bottom line about any of your marketing material is that we have to be strategic and determine how we are going to benefit people. I want to challenge you to connect with us if you need any help with any of this stuff. We hope this article helps you win!

Jason Gill

Call me on 01202 680743 or email me at jason@oceanprint.co.uk and lets get this profit boosting tool underway immediately!